The Billionaire's Secret Quartet

Chapter 851

Heat hung heavy and thick in the air.

It tantalized Thalassa’s senses, causing her taut heart to skip a beat.

No one understood Lysander’s current state better than she did.

Her internal alarm bells were sounding, but she was paralyzed and frozen in place.

In silence, she held Elowen’s soft and little body in her arms. Behind her, Lysander’s broad, heated chest enveloped her; his arms were wrapping around her, and his hot breath was falling on the nape of her neck.

She was torn between protecting her precious baby and the imminent danger of the beast that could tear her to shreds at any moment.

Time ticked away.

Elowen grew softer in her arms. She had fallen asleep.

Lysander’s burning presence didn’t diminish. She had no clue

a low,

his funeral?” His voice was laced with a hint of bitterness.

to move, suddenly froze;

sudden question left her puzzled and alarmed, unable to decipher his intentions

dead. Didn’t

Lysander demanded when she

before responding, “Of course I regret it. Who wouldn’t be regretful for not being able to send off a friend

you come to me?” Lysander

face nuzzled her neck. His words, transformed into breath, brushed against her vulnerable skin,

dared not

had come to you, it would have put you in a difficult

attending Leopold’s funeral, Thalassa had abandoned the idea altogether. She knew that